between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
21 x 12.5 mm
Morgan Seal 553
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seals 551-554 present only rows of figures that may be worshipers. Such rows of worshipers occur frequently in the glyptic of the northwestern periphery of Mesopotamia and may derive from this region." Porada, CANES, p. 61
Summary:
Two walking male figures -- Terminal: inscription.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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